Training 07/12/12

Squat and accessory

Raw reverse band squat worked up to 230kg bar weight x6 (belt, no knee wraps)

Equipped reverse band squat (briefs no knee wraps)

300kg bar weight 5x2

Last set:

Snatch grip deadlifts 200kg max reps off 3" plates. Managed 15 reps:

Front squats paused at the bottom 80kg 2x5 1x10

Glute ham raise x12, x10, x8

superset with

Hanging ab twists x20, x16, x12

(first superset was 12 with 20 ab twists, second set 10 with 16 ab twists etc.)

Tonight's session was tough, really tough. There was just myself and Andy so we were kind of limited with how far we could go with the squatting for safety reasons. Hopefully this will change once we make the move to the RockPit. There should be a few more bodies about there.

The snatch grip pulls were just plain brutal. Glutes, upper back, lower back, hams etc were dead after them. This was my first time doing them so I was fairly happy with how I got on.

This was also the first time I've done front squats so we kept the weight light. Also bearing in mind we were pre-exhausted by all the work before it was wise. Because of this these still managed to hit my upper back and I could feel how they'll help me work on staying upright.

Overall a pretty grueling workout, but a real sense of achievement leaving the gym having soldiered through it.

Delts and traps tomorrow. I haven't done them for a few weeks so tomorrow may be more of a break in type session to get me back on the pace.

Thanks for reading